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(750 ILCS 22/102)(was 750 ILCS 22/101)Sec. 102. Definitions. In this Act:(1) "Child" means an individual, whether over or under the
age of majority, who is or is alleged to be owed a duty of support by the
individual's parent or who is or is alleged to be the beneficiary of a
support order directed to the parent.(2) "Child-support order" means a support order for a child,
including a child who has attained the age of majority under the law of the issuing state or foreign country.(3) "Convention" means the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, concluded at The Hague on November 23, 2007. (4) "Duty of support" means an obligation imposed or imposable
by law to provide support for a child, spouse, or former
spouse including an unsatisfied obligation to provide support.(5) "Foreign country" means a country, including a political subdivision thereof, other than the United States, that authorizes the issuance of support orders and:(A) which has been declared under the law of the

United States to be a foreign reciprocating country;

(B) which has established a reciprocal arrangement

for child support with this State as provided in Section 308;

(C) which has enacted a law or established procedures

for the issuance and enforcement of support orders which are substantially similar to the procedures under this Act; or

(D) in which the Convention is in force with respect

to the United States.

(6) "Foreign support order" means a support order of a foreign tribunal.(7) "Foreign tribunal" means a court, administrative agency, or quasi-judicial entity of a foreign country which is authorized to establish, enforce, or modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child. The term includes a competent authority under the Convention. (8) "Home state" means the state or foreign country in which a child lived with a
parent or a person acting as parent for at least 6 consecutive months
immediately preceding the time of filing of a petition or comparable
pleading for support, and if a child is less than 6 months old, the state or foreign country
in which the child lived from birth with any of them. A period of
temporary absence of any of them is counted as part of the 6-month or
other period.(9) "Income" includes earnings or other periodic entitlements to
money from any source and any other property subject to withholding for
support under the law of this State.(10) "Income-withholding order" means an order or other legal
process directed to an obligor's employer or other debtor, as
defined by the Income Withholding for Support Act, to
withhold support from the income of the obligor.(11) "Initiating tribunal" means the tribunal of a state or foreign country from which a petition or comparable pleading is
forwarded or in which a petition or comparable pleading is filed for forwarding to another state or foreign country.(12) "Issuing foreign country" means the foreign country in which a tribunal issues a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child. (13) "Issuing state" means the state in which a tribunal issues a
support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child.(14) "Issuing tribunal" means the tribunal of a state or foreign country that issues a support
order or a judgment determining parentage of a child.(15) "Law" includes decisional and statutory law and rules and regulations having the force of law. (16) "Obligee" means:(A) an individual to whom a duty of support is or is

alleged to be owed or in whose favor a support order or a judgment determining parentage of a child has been issued;

(B) a foreign country, state, or political

subdivision of a state to which the rights under a duty of support or support order have been assigned or which has independent claims based on financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support;

(C) an individual seeking a judgment determining

parentage of the individual's child; or

(D) a person that is a creditor in a proceeding under

Article 7.

(17) "Obligor" means an individual, or the estate of a decedent that:(A) owes or is alleged to owe a duty of support;(B) is alleged but has not been adjudicated to be a

parent of a child;

(C) is liable under a support order; or(D) is a debtor in a proceeding under Article 7.(18) "Outside this State" means a location in another state or a country other than the United States, whether or not the country is a foreign country. (19) "Person" means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust,
partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government or
governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any
other legal or commercial entity.(20) "Record" means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that
is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable
form.(21) "Register" means to record or file in a tribunal of this State a support order or judgment determining parentage of a child issued in another state or a foreign country.(22) "Registering tribunal" means a tribunal in which a support
order or judgment determining parentage of a child is registered.(23) "Responding state" means a state in which a petition or comparable pleading for support or to determine parentage of a child is filed or to
which a petition or comparable pleading is forwarded for filing from another state or a foreign country.(24) "Responding tribunal" means the authorized tribunal in a responding state or foreign country.(25) "Spousal-support order" means a support order for a spouse
or former spouse of the obligor.(26) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession under
the jurisdiction of the United States. The term includes an Indian nation or tribe.(27) "Support enforcement agency" means a public official, governmental entity, or private
agency authorized to:(A) seek enforcement of support orders or laws

relating to the duty of support;

(B) seek establishment or modification of child

support;

(C) request determination of parentage of a child;(D) attempt to locate obligors or their assets; or(E) request determination of the controlling

child-support order.

(28) "Support order" means a judgment, decree, order, decision, or directive, whether
temporary, final, or subject to modification, issued in a state or foreign country for the
benefit of a child, a spouse, or a former spouse, which provides for monetary
support, health care, arrearages, retroactive support, or reimbursement for financial assistance provided to an individual obligee in place of child support. The term may include related
costs and fees, interest, income withholding, automatic adjustment, reasonable attorney's fees, and other
relief.(29) "Tribunal" means a court, administrative agency, or
quasi-judicial entity authorized to establish, enforce, or
modify support orders or to determine parentage of a child.(Source: P.A. 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-85, eff. 1-1-16; 99-119, eff. 1-1-16; 99-642, eff. 7-28-16.)

750 ILCS 22/103

(750 ILCS 22/103)(was 750 ILCS 22/102)Sec. 103. State tribunal and support enforcement agency. (a) The circuit court is a tribunal of this
State. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services is an initiating tribunal. The
Department of Healthcare and Family Services is also a responding tribunal of this State
to the extent that it can administratively establish paternity and establish,
modify, and enforce an administrative child-support order under authority of
Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code.(b) The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services is the support enforcement agency of this State. (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/104

(750 ILCS 22/104)(was 750 ILCS 22/103)Sec. 104. Remedies cumulative. (a) Remedies provided by this Act are cumulative and do not affect the
availability of remedies under other law, or the recognition of a foreign
support order on the basis of
comity.(b) This Act does not:(1) provide the exclusive method of establishing or

enforcing a support order under the law of this State; or

(2) grant a tribunal of this State jurisdiction to

render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation in a proceeding under this Act.

(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/105

(750 ILCS 22/105)Sec. 105. Application of Act to resident of foreign country and foreign support proceeding.(a) A tribunal of this State shall apply Articles 1 through 6 and, as applicable, Article 7, to a support proceeding involving:(1) a foreign support order;(2) a foreign tribunal; or(3) an obligee, obligor, or child residing in a

foreign country.

(b) A tribunal of this State that is requested to recognize and enforce a support order on the basis of comity may apply the procedural and substantive provisions of Articles 1 through 6.(c) Article 7 applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of Article 7 is inconsistent with Articles 1 through 6, Article 7 controls.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/Art. 2

(750 ILCS 22/Art. 2 heading)

ARTICLE 2. JURISDICTION

750 ILCS 22/201

(750 ILCS 22/201)Sec. 201. Bases for jurisdiction over nonresident. (a) In a proceeding to establish or enforce a support order or to determine
parentage of a child, a tribunal of this State may exercise personal jurisdiction over a
nonresident individual or the individual's guardian or conservator if:(1) the individual is personally served with notice

within this State;

(2) the individual submits to the jurisdiction of

this State by consent in a record, by entering a general appearance, or by filing a responsive document having the effect of waiving any contest to personal jurisdiction;

(3) the individual resided with the child in this

State;

(4) the individual resided in this State and provided

prenatal expenses or support for the child;

(5) the child resides in this State as a result of

the acts or directives of the individual;

(6) the individual engaged in sexual intercourse in

this State and the child may have been conceived by that act of intercourse;

(7) the individual asserted parentage of a child in

the putative father registry maintained in this State by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services; or

(8) there is any other basis consistent with the

constitutions of this State and the United States for the exercise of personal jurisdiction.

(b) The bases of personal jurisdiction set forth in subsection (a) or in
any other law of this State may not be used to acquire personal jurisdiction
for a tribunal of this State to modify a child-support order of another state
unless the requirements of Section 611 are met, or, in the case of a foreign support order, unless the requirements of Section 615 are met.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/202

(750 ILCS 22/202)Sec. 202. Duration of personal jurisdiction. Personal jurisdiction
acquired by a tribunal of this State in a proceeding under this Act or other
law of this State relating to a support order continues as long as a tribunal
of this State has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify its order or
continuing jurisdiction to enforce its order as provided by Sections 205, 206,
and 211.
(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)

750 ILCS 22/203

(750 ILCS 22/203)Sec. 203. Initiating and responding tribunal of State. Under this Act, a
tribunal of this State may
serve as an
initiating tribunal to forward proceedings to a tribunal of another state and
as a
responding tribunal for proceedings initiated in another state or a foreign country.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/204

(750 ILCS 22/204)Sec. 204. Simultaneous proceedings. (a) A tribunal of this State may exercise jurisdiction to establish a
support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed after a pleading
is filed in another state or a foreign country only if:(1) the petition or comparable pleading in this State

is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in the other state or the foreign country for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by the other state or the foreign country;

(2) the contesting party timely challenges the

exercise of jurisdiction in the other state or the foreign country; and

(3) if relevant, this State is the home state of the

child.

(b) A tribunal of this State may not exercise jurisdiction to establish a
support order if the petition or comparable pleading is filed before a petition or comparable pleading
is filed in another state or a foreign country if:(1) the petition or comparable pleading in the other

state or foreign country is filed before the expiration of the time allowed in this State for filing a responsive pleading challenging the exercise of jurisdiction by this State;

(2) the contesting party timely challenges the

exercise of jurisdiction in this State; and

(3) if relevant, the other state or foreign country

is the home state of the child.

(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/205

(750 ILCS 22/205)Sec. 205. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify child-support
order.(a) A tribunal of this State that has issued a child-support order
consistent with the law
of this State has and shall exercise continuing, exclusive jurisdiction
to modify its child-support
order if the order is the controlling order and:(1) at the time of the filing of a request for

modification this State is the residence of the obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued; or

(2) even if this State is not the residence of the

obligor, the individual obligee, or the child for whose benefit the support order is issued, the parties consent in a record or in open court that the tribunal of this State may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order.

(b) A tribunal of this State that has issued a child-support
order consistent
with the law of this State may not exercise continuing exclusive
jurisdiction to
modify the order if:(1) all of the parties who are individuals file

consent in a record with the tribunal of this State that a tribunal of another state that has jurisdiction over at least one of the parties who is an individual or that is located in the state of residence of the child may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or

(2) its order is not the controlling order.(c) If a tribunal of another state has issued a
child-support
order pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act or a law
substantially similar to that Act which modifies a child-support
order of a tribunal of this State, tribunals of this State shall recognize the
continuing, exclusive jurisdiction of the tribunal of the other state.(d) A tribunal of this State that lacks continuing, exclusive jurisdiction
to modify a child-support order may serve as an initiating tribunal to request
a tribunal of another state to modify a support order issued in that state.(e) A temporary support order issued ex parte or pending resolution
of a jurisdictional conflict does not create continuing, exclusive jurisdiction
in the issuing tribunal.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/206

(750 ILCS 22/206)Sec. 206. Continuing jurisdiction to enforce child-support order. (a) A tribunal of this State that has issued a child-support order
consistent with the law of this State may serve as an initiating tribunal to
request a tribunal of another state to enforce:(1) the order if the order is the controlling order

and has not been modified by a tribunal of another state that assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act; or

(2) a money judgment for arrears of support and

interest on the order accrued before a determination that an order of a tribunal of another state is the controlling order.

(b) A tribunal of this State having continuing jurisdiction
over a support order may act as a responding tribunal to
enforce the order.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/207

(750 ILCS 22/207)Sec. 207. Determination of controlling child-support order. (a) If a proceeding is brought under this Act and only one tribunal has
issued a child-support order, the order of that tribunal controls and must be
recognized.(b) If a proceeding is brought under this Act, and two or more child-support
orders have been issued by tribunals of this State, another state, or a foreign country with regard
to the same obligor and same child, a tribunal of this State having personal
jurisdiction over both the obligor and individual obligee shall apply the
following rules and by order shall determine which order controls and must be recognized:(1) If only one of the tribunals would have

continuing, exclusive jurisdiction under this Act, the order of that tribunal controls.

(2) If more than one of the tribunals would have

continuing, exclusive jurisdiction under this Act:

(A) an order issued by a tribunal in the current

home state of the child controls; or

(B) if an order has not been issued in the

current home state of the child, the order most recently issued controls.

(3) If none of the tribunals would have continuing,

exclusive jurisdiction under this Act, the tribunal of this State shall issue a child-support order, which controls.

(c) If two or more child-support orders have been issued for the same
obligor and same child, upon request of a party who is an individual or that is a
support enforcement agency, a tribunal of this State having personal
jurisdiction over both the obligor and the obligee who is an individual shall
determine which order controls under subsection (b).
The request may be filed with a registration for enforcement or registration
for modification pursuant to Article 6, or may be filed as a separate
proceeding.(d) A request to determine which is the controlling order must be
accompanied by a copy of every child-support order in effect and the applicable
record of payments. The requesting party shall give notice of the request to
each party whose rights may be affected by the determination.(e) The tribunal that issued the controlling order under subsection (a),
(b), or (c) has continuing jurisdiction to the extent provided in Section 205
or 206.(f) A tribunal of this State that determines by order which is
the controlling order under subsection (b)(1) or (2) or (c), or that issues a
new controlling order under subsection (b)(3), shall state in that order:(1) the basis upon which the tribunal made its

determination;

(2) the amount of prospective support, if any; and(3) the total amount of consolidated arrears and

accrued interest, if any, under all of the orders after all payments made are credited as provided by Section 209.

(g) Within 30 days after issuance of an order determining which is the
controlling order, the party obtaining the order shall file a certified copy
of it in each tribunal that issued or registered an earlier order of child
support. A party or support enforcement agency obtaining the order that fails
to file a certified copy is subject to appropriate sanctions by a tribunal in
which the issue of failure to file arises. The failure to file does not affect
the validity or enforceability of the controlling order.(h) An order that has been determined to be the controlling order, or a
judgment for consolidated arrears of support and interest, if any, made
pursuant to this Section must be recognized in proceedings under this Act.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/208

(750 ILCS 22/208)Sec. 208. Child-support orders for two or more obligees. In
responding to registrations or petitions for enforcement of two or
more child-support orders in effect at the same time with regard to the same
obligor and different individual obligees, at least one of which was issued by
a tribunal of another state or a foreign country, a tribunal of this State shall enforce those
orders in the same manner as if the orders had been issued by a
tribunal of this State.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/209

(750 ILCS 22/209)Sec. 209. Credit for payments. A tribunal of this State shall credit amounts
collected for a particular period pursuant to any child-support order against
the amounts owed for the same period under any other child-support order for
support of the same child issued by a tribunal of this State, another state, or a foreign country.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/210

(750 ILCS 22/210)Sec. 210. Application of Act to nonresident subject to personal
jurisdiction. A tribunal of this State exercising personal jurisdiction over a
nonresident in a proceeding under this Act, under other law of this State
relating to a support order, or recognizing a foreign support order may receive evidence
from outside this State pursuant to Section 316, communicate with a tribunal outside this State pursuant to Section 317, and obtain discovery through a tribunal outside this State
pursuant to Section 318. In all other respects, Articles 3
through 6 do not apply, and the tribunal shall apply the procedural and
substantive law of this State.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/211

(750 ILCS 22/211)Sec. 211. Continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify spousal-support
order.(a) A tribunal of this State issuing a spousal-support order consistent with
the law of this State has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction to modify the
spousal-support order throughout the existence of the support obligation.(b) A tribunal of this State may not modify a spousal-support order issued
by a tribunal of another state or a foreign country having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over
that order under the law of that state or foreign country.(c) A tribunal of this State that has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction
over a spousal-support order may serve as:(1) an initiating tribunal to request a tribunal of

another state to enforce the spousal-support order issued in this State; or

(2) a responding tribunal to enforce or modify its

own spousal-support order.

(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/Art. 3

(750 ILCS 22/Art. 3 heading)

ARTICLE 3. CIVIL PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

750 ILCS 22/301

(750 ILCS 22/301)Sec. 301. Proceedings under Act. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Article applies to all
proceedings under this Act.(b) An individual petitioner or a support enforcement agency may initiate a
proceeding authorized under this Act by filing a petition in an initiating
tribunal for forwarding to a responding tribunal or by filing a petition or a
comparable pleading directly in a tribunal of another state or a foreign country which has or can
obtain personal jurisdiction over the respondent.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/302

(750 ILCS 22/302)Sec. 302. Proceeding by minor parent. A minor parent, or a guardian or other
legal representative of a minor parent, may maintain a proceeding on behalf of
or for the benefit of the minor's child.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/303

(750 ILCS 22/303)Sec. 303. Application of law of State. Except as otherwise provided in
this Act, a responding tribunal of this State shall:(1) apply the procedural and substantive law generally applicable to
similar proceedings originating in this State and may exercise all powers
and provide all remedies available in those proceedings; and(2) determine the duty of support and the amount payable in accordance
with the law and support guidelines of this State.(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)

750 ILCS 22/304

(750 ILCS 22/304)Sec. 304. Duties of initiating tribunal. (a) Upon the filing of a petition authorized by this Act, an initiating
tribunal of this State shall forward the petition and its accompanying
documents:(1) to the responding tribunal or appropriate support

enforcement agency in the responding state; or

(2) if the identity of the responding tribunal is

unknown, to the state information agency of the responding state with a request that they be forwarded to the appropriate tribunal and that receipt be acknowledged.

(b) If requested by the responding tribunal, a tribunal of this State
shall issue a certificate or other document and make findings required by the
law of the responding state. If the responding tribunal is in a foreign country, upon request the tribunal of this State shall specify the amount of
support sought, convert that amount into the equivalent amount in the foreign
currency under applicable official or market exchange rate as publicly
reported, and provide any other documents necessary to satisfy the requirements
of the responding foreign tribunal.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/305

(750 ILCS 22/305)Sec. 305. Duties and powers of responding tribunal. (a) When a responding tribunal of this State receives a petition or
comparable pleading from an initiating tribunal or directly pursuant to
Section 301(b), it shall cause the petition or pleading to be filed and
notify the petitioner where and when it was filed.(b) A responding tribunal of this State, to the extent not prohibited by
other law, may do one or more of the following:(1) establish or enforce a support order, modify a

child-support order, determine the controlling child-support order, or determine parentage of a child;

(2) order an obligor to comply with a support order,

specifying the amount and the manner of compliance;

(3) order income withholding;(4) determine the amount of any arrearages, and

specify a method of payment;

(5) enforce orders by civil or criminal contempt, or

both;

(6) set aside property for satisfaction of the

support order;

(7) place liens and order execution on the obligor's

property;

(8) order an obligor to keep the tribunal informed of

the obligor's current residential address, electronic-mail address, telephone number, employer, address of employment, and telephone number at the place of employment;

(9) issue a bench warrant for an obligor who has

failed after proper notice to appear at a hearing ordered by the tribunal and enter the bench warrant in any local and state computer systems for criminal warrants;

(10) order the obligor to seek appropriate employment

by specified methods;

(11) award reasonable attorney's fees and other fees

and costs; and

(12) grant any other available remedy.(c) A responding tribunal of this State shall include in a support order
issued under this Act, or in the documents accompanying the order, the
calculations on which the support order is based.(d) A responding tribunal of this State may not condition the payment of a
support order issued under this Act upon compliance by a party with provisions
for visitation.(e) If a responding tribunal of this State issues an order under this
Act, the tribunal shall send a copy of the order to the petitioner
and the respondent and to the initiating tribunal, if any.(f) If requested to enforce a support order, arrears, or judgment or
modify a support order stated in a foreign currency, a responding tribunal of
this State shall convert the amount stated in the foreign currency to the
equivalent amount in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange
rate as publicly reported.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/306

(750 ILCS 22/306)Sec. 306. Inappropriate tribunal. If a petition or comparable pleading
is received by an inappropriate tribunal of this State, the tribunal shall
forward the pleading and accompanying documents to an appropriate tribunal of
this State or another state and notify the petitioner where and when the pleading
was sent.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/307

(750 ILCS 22/307)Sec. 307. Duties of support enforcement agency. (a) In a proceeding under this Act, a support enforcement agency of this State, upon request:(1) shall provide services to a petitioner residing

in a state;

(2) shall provide services to a petitioner requesting

services through a central authority of a foreign country as described in Section 102(5)(A) or (D); and

(3) may provide services to a petitioner who is an

individual not residing in a state.

This subsection does not affect any ability the support enforcement agency may
have to require an application for services, charge fees, or recover costs in
accordance with federal or State law and regulations.(b) A support enforcement agency of this State that is providing services to the
petitioner shall:(1) take all steps necessary to enable an appropriate

tribunal of this State, another state, or a foreign country to obtain jurisdiction over the respondent;

(2) request an appropriate tribunal to set a date,

time, and place for a hearing;

(3) make a reasonable effort to obtain all relevant

information, including information as to income and property of the parties;

(4) within five days, exclusive of Saturdays,

Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of notice in a record from an initiating, responding, or registering tribunal, send a copy of the notice to the petitioner;

(5) within five days, exclusive of Saturdays,

Sundays, and legal holidays, after receipt of communication in a record from the respondent or the respondent's attorney, send a copy of the communication to the petitioner; and

(6) notify the petitioner if jurisdiction over the

respondent cannot be obtained.

(c) A support enforcement agency of this State that requests registration
of a child-support order in this State for enforcement or for modification
shall make reasonable efforts:(1) to ensure that the order to be registered is the

controlling order; or

(2) if two or more child-support orders exist and the

identity of the controlling order has not been determined, to ensure that a request for such a determination is made in a tribunal having jurisdiction to do so.

(d) A support enforcement agency of this State that requests registration
and enforcement of a support order, arrears, or judgment stated in a foreign
currency shall convert the amounts stated in the foreign currency into the
equivalent amounts in dollars under the applicable official or market exchange
rate as publicly reported.(e) A support enforcement agency of this State shall issue or request a
tribunal of this State to issue a child-support order and an income-withholding
order that redirect payment of current support, arrears, and interest if
requested to do so by a support enforcement agency of another state pursuant to
Section 319.(f) This Act does not create or negate a relationship of
attorney and client or other fiduciary relationship between a support
enforcement agency or the attorney for the agency and the individual being
assisted by the agency.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/308

(750 ILCS 22/308)Sec. 308. Duty of Attorney General. (a) If the Attorney General determines
that the support enforcement agency is neglecting or refusing to provide
services to an individual, the Attorney General may order the agency to perform
its duties under this Act or may provide those services directly to the
individual.(b) The Attorney General may determine that a foreign country has established a reciprocal arrangement for child support with this State and take appropriate action for notification of the determination. (Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

(750 ILCS 22/310)Sec. 310. Duties of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. (a) The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services is the state information agency
under this Act.(b) The state information agency shall:(1) compile and maintain a current list, including

addresses, of the tribunals in this State which have jurisdiction under this Act and any support enforcement agencies in this State and transmit a copy to the state information agency of every other state;

(2) maintain a register of names and addresses of

tribunals and support enforcement agencies received from other states;

(3) forward to the appropriate tribunal in the county

in this State in which the obligee who is an individual or the obligor resides, or in which the obligor's property is believed to be located, all documents concerning a proceeding under this Act received from another state or a foreign country; and

(4) obtain information concerning the location of the

obligor and the obligor's property within this State not exempt from execution, by such means as postal verification and federal or state locator services, examination of telephone directories, requests for the obligor's address from employers, and examination of governmental records, including, to the extent not prohibited by other law, those relating to real property, vital statistics, law enforcement, taxation, motor vehicles, driver's licenses, and social security.

(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/311

(750 ILCS 22/311)Sec. 311. Pleadings and accompanying documents. (a) In a proceeding under this Act, a petitioner seeking to establish a
support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order
of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country must file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under Section
312, the petition or accompanying documents
must provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social
security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and
alleged parent, and the name,
sex, residential address, social security number, and date of
birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose
parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration,
the petition must be
accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been
issued by another tribunal. The
petition may include any other information that may assist in locating or
identifying the respondent.(b) The petition must specify the relief sought. The
petition and accompanying documents must conform substantially with the
requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for
use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/312

(750 ILCS 22/312)Sec. 312. Nondisclosure of information in exceptional circumstances. If a
party alleges in an affidavit or a pleading under oath that the health, safety,
or liberty of a party or child would be jeopardized by disclosure of specific
identifying information, that information must be sealed and may not be
disclosed to the other party or the public. After a hearing in which a tribunal
takes into consideration the health, safety, or liberty of the party or child,
the tribunal may order disclosure of information that the tribunal determines
to be in the interest of justice.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/313

(750 ILCS 22/313)Sec. 313. Costs and fees. (a) The petitioner may not be required to pay a filing fee
or other costs.(b) If an obligee prevails, a responding tribunal of this State may
assess against an obligor
filing fees, reasonable attorney's fees, other
costs, and necessary
travel and other reasonable expenses incurred by the obligee
and the obligee's
witnesses. The tribunal may not assess fees,
costs,
or expenses against the obligee or the support enforcement
agency of either
the initiating or responding state or foreign country, except as provided by other
law. Attorney's fees may be taxed as costs, and may be ordered paid
directly to the attorney, who may enforce the order in the attorney's
own name. Payment of support owed to the obligee has
priority over fees,
costs, and expenses.(c) The tribunal shall order the payment of costs and
reasonable attorney's fees if it determines that a hearing was requested
primarily for delay. In a proceeding under Article 6,
a hearing is presumed to have been requested primarily for delay if a
registered support order is confirmed or enforced without change.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/314

(750 ILCS 22/314)Sec. 314. Limited immunity of petitioner. (a) Participation by a petitioner in a proceeding under this Act before a
responding tribunal, whether in person, by private attorney, or through
services provided by the support enforcement agency, does not confer personal
jurisdiction over the petitioner in another proceeding.(b) A petitioner is not amenable to service of civil process while
physically present in this State to participate in a proceeding under
this Act.(c) The immunity granted by this Section does not extend
to civil litigation based on acts unrelated to a proceeding under this
Act committed by a party while physically present in this State to participate
in the proceeding.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/315

(750 ILCS 22/315)Sec. 315. Nonparentage as defense. A party whose parentage of a child has
been previously determined by or pursuant to law may not plead nonparentage as
a defense to a proceeding under this Act.(Source: P.A. 88-550, eff. date changed from 1-1-95 to 1-1-96 by P.A.
88-691.)

750 ILCS 22/316

(750 ILCS 22/316)Sec. 316. Special rules of evidence and procedure. (a) The physical presence of a nonresident party who is an individual in
a tribunal of this State is not required for the establishment, enforcement,
or modification of a support order or the rendition of a judgment determining
parentage of a child.(b) An affidavit, a document substantially complying with federally
mandated forms, or a document incorporated by reference in any of them,
which would not be excluded under the hearsay rule if given in person, is
admissible in evidence if given under penalty of perjury by a party or witness
residing outside this State.(c) A copy of the record of child-support payments
certified as a true copy of the original by the custodian of the record may be
forwarded to a responding tribunal. The copy is evidence of facts
asserted in it, and is admissible to show whether payments were made.(d) Copies of bills for testing for parentage of a child, and for prenatal and
postnatal health care of the mother and child, furnished to the
adverse party at least 10 days before trial, are admissible in
evidence to prove the amount of the charges billed and that the charges were
reasonable, necessary, and customary.(e) Documentary evidence transmitted from outside this State
to a tribunal of this State by telephone, telecopier, or other electronic means
that do not provide an original record may not be excluded from
evidence on an objection based on the means of transmission.(f) In a proceeding under this Act, a tribunal of this State shall permit
a party or witness residing outside this State to be deposed or to testify under penalty of perjury by
telephone, audiovisual means, or other electronic means at a designated
tribunal or other location. A tribunal of this State shall
cooperate with other tribunals in designating an appropriate
location for the deposition or testimony.(g) If a party called to testify at a civil hearing refuses
to answer on the ground that the testimony may be self-incriminating,
the trier of fact may draw an adverse inference from the refusal.(h) A privilege against disclosure of communications between
spouses does not apply in a proceeding under this Act.(i) The defense of immunity based on the relationship of
husband and wife or parent and child does not apply in a proceeding
under this Act.(j) A voluntary acknowledgment of paternity, certified as a true copy,
is admissible to establish parentage of the child.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/317

(750 ILCS 22/317)Sec. 317. Communications between tribunals. A tribunal of this State may
communicate with a tribunal outside this State in a record or by telephone, electronic mail, or other means, to obtain information
concerning the laws, the legal effect of a judgment, decree, or order of that
tribunal, and the status of a proceeding. A tribunal of this State may furnish similar
information by similar means to a tribunal outside this State.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/318

(750 ILCS 22/318)Sec. 318. Assistance with discovery. A tribunal of this State may:(1) request a tribunal outside this State to assist

in obtaining discovery; and

(2) upon request, compel a person over which it has

jurisdiction to respond to a discovery order issued by a tribunal outside this State.

(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/319

(750 ILCS 22/319)Sec. 319. Receipt and disbursement of payments. (a) A support enforcement agency
or tribunal of this State shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant
to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall
furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified
statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all
payments received.(b) If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the
child resides in this State, upon request from the support enforcement agency
of this State or another state, the support enforcement agency of this State
or a tribunal of this State shall:(1) direct that the support payment be made to the

support enforcement agency in the state in which the obligee is receiving services; and

(2) issue and send to the obligor's employer a

conforming income-withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee, reflecting the redirected payments.

(c) The support enforcement agency of this State receiving redirected
payments from another state pursuant to a law similar to subsection (b) shall
furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of the other state a certified
statement by the custodian of the record of the amount and dates of all
payments received.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/320

(750 ILCS 22/320)Sec. 320. Payment of Support to State Disbursement Unit. (a) As used in this Section:"Order for support", "obligor", "obligee", and "payor" mean those terms as
defined in the Income Withholding for Support Act,
except that "order for
support" means an order entered by any tribunal of this State but shall not
mean orders providing for spousal maintenance under which
there is no child support obligation.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act to the contrary, each
order
for
support entered or modified on or after October 1, 1999 shall require that
support
payments be made to the State Disbursement Unit established under Section 10-26
of the
Illinois Public Aid Code if:(1) a party to the order is receiving child support

enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code; or

(2) no party to the order is receiving child support

enforcement services, but the support payments are made through income withholding.

(c) Support payments shall be made to the State
Disbursement Unit if:(1) the order for support was entered before October

1, 1999, and a party to the order is receiving child support enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code; or

(2) no party to the order is receiving child support

enforcement services, and the support payments are being made through income withholding.

(c-5) If no party to the order is receiving child support
enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, and
the support
payments are not made through income withholding, then support payments shall
be made as directed by the order for support.(c-10) At any time, and notwithstanding the existence of an order
directing payments
to be made elsewhere, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may provide notice to the
obligor and, where applicable, to the obligor's payor:(1) to make support payments to the State

Disbursement Unit if:

(A) a party to the order for support is receiving

child support enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code; or

(B) no party to the order for support is

receiving child support enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid Code, but the support payments are made through income withholding; or

(2) to make support payments to the State

Disbursement Unit of another state upon request of another state's Title IV-D child support enforcement agency, in accordance with the requirements of Title IV, Part D of the Social Security Act and regulations promulgated under that Part D.

The Department of Healthcare and Family Services
shall provide a copy of the notice to the
obligee
and to the clerk of the circuit court.(c-15) Within 15 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the
91st General
Assembly, the clerk of the circuit court shall provide written notice to the
obligor to
make payments
directly to the clerk of the circuit court if no party to the order is
receiving child
support enforcement services under Article X of the Illinois Public Aid
Code, the support
payments are not made through income withholding, and the order for
support requires support payments to be made directly to the clerk of the
circuit court. The clerk shall provide a copy of the notice to the
obligee.(c-20) If the State Disbursement Unit receives a support payment that was
not
appropriately
made to the Unit under this Section, the Unit shall immediately return the
payment to the sender, including, if possible, instructions detailing where to
send the support payments.(d) The notices under subsections (c-10) and
(c-15) may be sent by ordinary mail,
certified mail, return receipt requested, facsimile transmission, or other
electronic process, or may be served upon the obligor or payor using any method
provided by law for service of a summons. (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)

750 ILCS 22/Art. 4

(750 ILCS 22/Art. 4 heading)

ARTICLE 4. ESTABLISHMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER

OR DETERMINATION OF PARENTAGE

(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/401

(750 ILCS 22/401)Sec. 401. Establishment of support order. (a) If a support order entitled to recognition under this Act has not been
issued, a responding tribunal of this State with personal jurisdiction over the parties may issue a support order if:(1) the individual seeking the order resides outside

this State; or

(2) the support enforcement agency seeking the order

is located outside this State.

(b) The tribunal may issue a temporary child-support
order if the tribunal determines that such an order is appropriate and the
individual ordered to pay is:(1) a presumed father of the child;(2) petitioning to have his paternity adjudicated;(3) identified as the father of the child through

genetic testing;

(4) an alleged father who has declined to submit to

genetic testing;

(5) shown by clear and convincing evidence to be the

father of the child;

(6) an acknowledged father as provided by applicable

State law;

(7) the mother of the child; or(8) an individual who has been ordered to pay child

support in a previous proceeding and the order has not been reversed or vacated.

(c) Upon finding, after notice and opportunity to be heard, that an obligor owes a duty of support, the tribunal shall issue a support order
directed to the obligor and may issue other orders pursuant to Section
305.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/402

(750 ILCS 22/402)Sec. 402. Proceeding to determine parentage. A tribunal of this State authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under this Act or a law or procedure substantially similar to this Act.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/Art. 5

(750 ILCS 22/Art. 5 heading)

ARTICLE 5. ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ORDER

WITHOUT REGISTRATION

(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/501

(750 ILCS 22/501)Sec. 501. Employer's receipt of income-withholding order of another state.
An income-withholding order issued in another state may be sent by or on behalf
of the obligee, or by the support enforcement agency, to the person defined as
the obligor's employer under the income-withholding law of this State without
first filing a petition or comparable pleading or registering the order with a
tribunal of this State.(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)

750 ILCS 22/502

(750 ILCS 22/502)Sec. 502. Employer's compliance with income-withholding order of another
state.(a) Upon receipt of an income-withholding order, the obligor's employer
shall immediately provide a copy of the order to the obligor.(b) The employer shall treat an income-withholding order issued in another
state which appears regular on its face as if it had been issued by a tribunal
of this State.(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d) and Section 503,
the employer shall withhold and distribute the funds as directed in the
withholding order by complying with terms of the order which specify:(1) the duration and amount of periodic payments of

current child-support, stated as a sum certain;

(2) the person designated to receive payments and the

address to which the payments are to be forwarded;

(3) medical support, whether in the form of periodic

cash payment, stated as a sum certain, or ordering the obligor to provide health insurance coverage for the child under a policy available through the obligor's employment;

(4) the amount of periodic payments of fees and costs

for a support enforcement agency, the issuing tribunal, and the obligee's attorney, stated as sums certain; and

(5) the amount of periodic payments of arrearages and

interest on arrearages, stated as sums certain.

(d) An employer shall comply with the law of the state of the obligor's
principal place of employment for withholding from income with respect to:(1) the employer's fee for processing an

income-withholding order;

(2) the maximum amount permitted to be withheld from

the obligor's income; and

(3) the times within which the employer must

implement the withholding order and forward the child-support payment.

(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/503

(750 ILCS 22/503)Sec. 503. Employer's compliance with two or more income-withholding orders.
If an obligor's employer receives two or more income-withholding orders with
respect to the earnings of the same obligor, the employer satisfies the terms
of the orders if the employer complies with the law of the state of the
obligor's principal place of employment to establish the priorities for
withholding and allocating income withheld for two or more child-support
obligees.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/504

(750 ILCS 22/504)Sec. 504. Immunity from civil liability. An employer that complies with an
income-withholding order issued in
another state in accordance with this Article is not subject to civil liability
to an individual or agency with regard to the employer's withholding of child
support from the obligor's income.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/505

(750 ILCS 22/505)Sec. 505. Penalties for noncompliance. An employer that willfully fails to
comply with an income-withholding
order issued in another state and received for enforcement is subject to the
same penalties that may be imposed for noncompliance with an order issued by a
tribunal of this State.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/506

(750 ILCS 22/506)Sec. 506. Contest by obligor. (a) An obligor may contest the validity or enforcement of an
income-withholding order issued in another state and received directly by an
employer in this State by registering the order in a tribunal of this State
and filing a contest to that order as provided in Article 6, or otherwise
contesting the order in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a
tribunal of this State.(b) The obligor shall give notice of the contest to:(1) a support enforcement agency providing services

to the obligee;

(2) each employer that has directly received an

income-withholding order relating to the obligor; and

(3) the person designated to receive payments in the

income-withholding order or, if no person is designated, to the obligee.

(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/507

(750 ILCS 22/507)Sec. 507. Administrative enforcement of orders. (a) A party or support enforcement agency seeking to enforce a support
order or an income-withholding order, or both, issued in another
state or a foreign support order may send the documents required for registering the order to a support
enforcement agency of this State.(b) Upon receipt of the documents, the support enforcement agency, without
initially seeking to register the order, shall consider and, if appropriate,
use any administrative procedure authorized by the law of this State to enforce
a support order or an income-withholding order, or both. If the obligor does
not contest administrative enforcement, the order need not be registered. If
the obligor contests the validity or administrative enforcement of the order,
the support enforcement agency shall register the order pursuant to this Act.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/Art. 6

(750 ILCS 22/Art. 6 heading)

ARTICLE 6.

REGISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT, AND

MODIFICATION OF SUPPORT ORDER

(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04,
operative 7-1-04.)

750 ILCS 22/Art. 6 Pt. 1

(750 ILCS 22/Art. 6 Pt. 1 heading)

PART 1

REGISTRATION FOR ENFORCEMENT

OF SUPPORT ORDER

(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/601

(750 ILCS 22/601)Sec. 601. Registration of order for enforcement. A support order or
income-withholding order issued in another state or a foreign support order may be
registered in this State for enforcement.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/602

(750 ILCS 22/602)Sec. 602. Procedure to register order for enforcement. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 706, a support order or income-withholding order of another state or a foreign support order may be
registered in this State by sending the following records to
the appropriate tribunal in this State:(1) a letter of transmittal to the tribunal

requesting registration and enforcement;

(2) 2 copies, including one certified copy, of the

order to be registered, including any modification of the order;

(3) a sworn statement by the person requesting

registration or a certified statement by the custodian of the records showing the amount of any arrearage;

(4) the name of the obligor and, if known:(A) the obligor's address and social security

number;

(B) the name and address of the obligor's

employer and any other source of income of the obligor; and

(C) a description and the location of property of

the obligor in this State not exempt from execution; and

(5) except as otherwise provided in Section 312, the

name and address of the obligee and, if applicable, the person to whom support payments are to be remitted.

(b) On receipt of a request for registration, the registering tribunal
shall cause the order to be filed as an order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign support order, together with one
copy of the documents and information, regardless of their form.(c) A petition or comparable pleading seeking a remedy
that must be affirmatively sought under other law of this State may be
filed at the same time as the request for registration or later. The
pleading must specify the grounds for the remedy sought.(d) If two or more orders are in effect, the person requesting
registration shall:(1) furnish to the tribunal a copy of every support

order asserted to be in effect in addition to the documents specified in this Section;

(2) specify the order alleged to be the controlling

order, if any; and

(3) specify the amount of consolidated arrears, if

any.

(e) A request for a determination of which is the controlling order may be
filed separately or with a request for registration and enforcement or for
registration and modification. The person requesting registration shall give
notice of the request to each party whose rights may be affected by the
determination.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/603

(750 ILCS 22/603)Sec. 603. Effect of registration for enforcement. (a) A support order or income-withholding order issued in another
state or a foreign support order is registered when the order is filed in the registering
tribunal of this State.(b) A registered support order issued in another state or a foreign country is enforceable in the
same manner and is subject to the same procedures as an order issued by
a tribunal of this State.(c) Except as otherwise provided in this Act, a
tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce, but may not modify, a
registered support order if the issuing tribunal had jurisdiction.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/604

(750 ILCS 22/604)Sec. 604. Choice of law. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (d), the law of the
issuing state or foreign country governs:(1) the nature, extent, amount, and duration of

current payments under a registered support order;

(2) the computation and payment of arrearages and

accrual of interest on the arrearages under the support order; and

(3) the existence and satisfaction of other

obligations under the support order.

(b) In a proceeding for arrears under a registered support order, the
statute of limitation of this State, or of the issuing state or foreign country, whichever is
longer, applies.(c) A responding tribunal of this State shall apply the procedures and
remedies of this State to enforce current support and collect arrears and
interest due on a support order of another state or a foreign country registered in this State.(d) After a tribunal of this State or another state determines which is the
controlling order and issues an order consolidating arrears, if any, a tribunal
of this State shall prospectively apply the law of the state or foreign country issuing the
controlling order, including its law on interest on arrears, on current and
future support, and on consolidated arrears.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/Art. 6 Pt. 2

(750 ILCS 22/Art. 6 Pt. 2 heading)

PART 2. CONTEST OF VALIDITY OR ENFORCEMENT

750 ILCS 22/605

(750 ILCS 22/605)Sec. 605. Notice of registration of order. (a) When a support order or income-withholding order issued in another
state or a foreign support order is registered, the registering tribunal of this State shall notify the nonregistering
party. The notice must be accompanied by a copy of the registered order and
the documents and relevant information accompanying the order.(b) A notice must inform the nonregistering party:(1) that a registered support order is enforceable as

of the date of registration in the same manner as an order issued by a tribunal of this State;

(2) that a hearing to contest the validity or

enforcement of the registered order must be requested within 20 days after notice unless the registered order is under Section 707;

(3) that failure to contest the validity or

enforcement of the registered order in a timely manner will result in confirmation of the order and enforcement of the order and the alleged arrearages; and

(4) of the amount of any alleged arrearages.(c) If the registering party asserts that two or more orders are in
effect, a notice must also:(1) identify the two or more orders and the order

alleged by the registering party to be the controlling order and the consolidated arrears, if any;

(2) notify the nonregistering party of the right to a

determination of which is the controlling order;

(3) state that the procedures provided in subsection

(b) apply to the determination of which is the controlling order; and

(4) state that failure to contest the validity or

enforcement of the order alleged to be the controlling order in a timely manner may result in confirmation that the order is the controlling order.

(d) Upon registration of an income-withholding order for
enforcement, the support enforcement agency or the registering tribunal shall notify the obligor's employer
pursuant to the Income Withholding for Support Act.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/606

(750 ILCS 22/606)Sec. 606. Procedure to contest validity or
enforcement of registered support order.(a) A nonregistering party seeking to contest the
validity or enforcement of a registered support order in this State shall request a
hearing within the time required by Section 605. The nonregistering party may seek to vacate
the registration, to assert any defense to an allegation of
noncompliance with
the registered order, or to contest the remedies being sought
or the amount of any alleged arrearages pursuant to Section 607.(b) If the nonregistering party fails to contest the
validity or enforcement of the registered support order in a timely manner, the
order is confirmed by operation of law.(c) If a nonregistering party requests a hearing to
contest the validity or enforcement of the registered support order, the
registering tribunal shall schedule the matter for hearing and give notice to
the parties of the date, time, and place of the hearing.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/607

(750 ILCS 22/607)Sec. 607. Contest of registration or enforcement. (a) A party contesting the validity or enforcement of a registered support order
or seeking to vacate the registration has the burden of proving one or more
of the following defenses:(1) the issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction

over the contesting party;

(2) the order was obtained by fraud;(3) the order has been vacated, suspended, or

modified by a later order;

(4) the issuing tribunal has stayed the order pending

appeal;

(5) there is a defense under the law of this State to

the remedy sought;

(6) full or partial payment has been made;(7) the statute of limitation under Section 604

precludes enforcement of some or all of the alleged arrearages; or

(8) the alleged controlling order is not the

controlling order.

(b) If a party presents evidence establishing a full or
partial defense under subsection (a), a tribunal may stay enforcement
of a registered support order, continue the proceeding to permit production
of additional relevant evidence, and issue other appropriate
orders. An uncontested portion of the registered support order may be enforced by
all remedies available under the law of this State.(c) If the contesting party does not establish a defense
under subsection (a) to the validity or enforcement of a registered support order, the
registering tribunal shall issue an order confirming the order.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/608

(750 ILCS 22/608)Sec. 608. Confirmed order. Confirmation of a registered support
order, whether by operation of law or after notice and hearing,
precludes further contest of the order with respect to any matter that
could have been asserted at the time of registration.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/Art. 6 Pt. 3

(750 ILCS 22/Art. 6 Pt. 3 heading)

PART 3. REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION OF

CHILD-SUPPORT ORDER

OF ANOTHER STATE

(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/609

(750 ILCS 22/609)Sec. 609. Procedure to register child-support order of
another state for
modification. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to
modify and enforce, a child-support order issued in
another state shall
register that order in this State in the same manner provided in Sections 601 through 608 if the
order has not been registered. A petition for modification
may
be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or later. The
pleading must specify the grounds for modification.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/610

(750 ILCS 22/610)Sec. 610. Effect of registration for modification. A tribunal of this State
may enforce a child-support order of another state registered for purposes of
modification, in the same manner as if the order had been issued by a tribunal
of this State, but the registered support order may be modified only if the
requirements of Section 611 or 613 have been met.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/611

(750 ILCS 22/611)Sec. 611. Modification of child-support order of another state. (a) If Section 613 does not apply, upon petition a tribunal of this State may modify a child-support order
issued in another state which is registered in this State if, after notice and
hearing, the tribunal finds that:(1) the following requirements are met:(A) neither the child, nor the obligee who is an

individual, nor the obligor resides in the issuing state;

(B) a petitioner who is a nonresident of this

State seeks modification; and

(C) the respondent is subject to the personal

jurisdiction of the tribunal of this State; or

(2) this State is the residence of the child, or a

party who is an individual is subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal of this State, and all of the parties who are individuals have filed consents in a record in the issuing tribunal for a tribunal of this State to modify the support order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.

(b) Modification of a registered child-support order is subject to the same
requirements, procedures, and defenses that apply to the modification of an
order issued by a tribunal of this State and the order may be enforced and
satisfied in the same manner.(c) A tribunal of this State
may not modify any aspect of a child-support order that may not be modified
under the law of the issuing state, including the duration of the obligation
of support. If two or more tribunals have issued child-support orders for the
same obligor and same child, the order that controls and must be so recognized
under Section 207 establishes the aspects of the support order which are
nonmodifiable.(d) In a proceeding to modify a child-support order, the law of the state
that is determined to have issued the initial controlling order governs the
duration of the obligation of support. The obligor's fulfillment of the duty
of support established by that order precludes imposition of a further
obligation of support by a tribunal of this State.(e) On the issuance of an order by a tribunal of this State modifying a
child-support order issued in another state, the tribunal of this State
becomes the tribunal having continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.(f) Notwithstanding subsections (a) through (e) and Section 201(b), a tribunal of this State retains jurisdiction to modify an order issued by a tribunal of this State if:(1) one party resides in another state; and(2) the other party resides outside the United

States.

(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/612

(750 ILCS 22/612)Sec. 612. Recognition of order modified in another state. If a
child-support order issued by a tribunal of this State is modified by
a tribunal of another state which assumed jurisdiction pursuant to the
Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a tribunal of this State:(1) may enforce its order that was modified only as

to arrears and interest accruing before the modification;

(2) may provide appropriate relief for violations of

its order which occurred before the effective date of the modification; and

(3) shall recognize the modifying order of the other

state, upon registration, for the purpose of enforcement.

(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/613

(750 ILCS 22/613)Sec. 613. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order
of another state when individual parties reside in this
State.(a) If all of the parties who are individuals reside in this State and
the child does not reside in the issuing state, a tribunal of this State has
jurisdiction to enforce and to modify the issuing state's child-support order
in a proceeding to register that order.(b) A tribunal of this State exercising jurisdiction under this Section
shall apply the provisions of Articles 1 and 2, this Article, and the
procedural and substantive law of this State to the proceeding for enforcement
or modification. Articles 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 do not apply.(Source: P.A. 90-240, eff. 7-28-97.)

750 ILCS 22/614

(750 ILCS 22/614)Sec. 614. Notice to issuing tribunal of modification. Within 30 days after issuance of a modified
child-support order,
the party obtaining the modification shall file a certified copy of the order
with the issuing tribunal that had
continuing, exclusive jurisdiction over the earlier order, and in each tribunal
in which the party knows the
earlier order has
been registered. A party who obtains the order and fails to file a
certified copy is subject to appropriate sanctions by a tribunal in which the
issue of failure to file arises. The failure to file does not affect the
validity or enforceability of the modified order of the new tribunal having
continuing, exclusive jurisdiction.(Source: P.A. 90-240, eff. 7-28-97.)

750 ILCS 22/Art. 6 Pt. 4

(750 ILCS 22/Art. 6 Pt. 4 heading)

PART 4. REGISTRATION AND MODIFICATION

OF FOREIGN CHILD-SUPPORT ORDER

(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/615

(750 ILCS 22/615)Sec. 615. Jurisdiction to modify child-support order of foreign country.(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 711, if a foreign country lacks or refuses to exercise jurisdiction to modify its child-support order pursuant to its laws, a tribunal of this State may
assume jurisdiction to modify the child-support order and bind all individuals
subject to the personal jurisdiction of the tribunal whether the consent
to modification of a child-support order otherwise required of the individual
pursuant to Section 611 has been given or whether the individual seeking
modification is a resident of this State or of the foreign country.(b) An order issued by a tribunal of this State modifying a foreign child-support order pursuant to this Section is the controlling order.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/616

(750 ILCS 22/616)Sec. 616. Procedure to register child-support order of foreign country for modification. A party or support enforcement agency seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a foreign child-support order not under the Convention may register that order in this State under Sections 601 through 608 if the order has not been registered. A petition for modification may be filed at the same time as a request for registration, or at another time. The petition must specify the grounds for modification.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/Art. 7

(750 ILCS 22/Art. 7 heading)

ARTICLE 7. SUPPORT PROCEEDING UNDER CONVENTION

(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/701

(750 ILCS 22/701)Sec. 701. Definitions. In this Article:(1) "Application" means a request under the

Convention by an obligee or obligor, or on behalf of a child, made through a central authority for assistance from another central authority.

(2) "Central authority" means the entity designated

by the United States or a foreign country described in Section 102(5)(D) to perform the functions specified in the Convention.

(3) "Convention support order" means a support order

of a tribunal of a foreign country described in Section 102(5)(D).

(4) "Direct request" means a petition filed by an

individual in a tribunal of this State in a proceeding involving an obligee, obligor, or child residing outside the United States.

(5) "Foreign central authority" means the entity

designated by a foreign country described in Section 102(5)(D) to perform the functions specified in the Convention.

(6) "Foreign support agreement":(A) means an agreement for support in a record

that:

(i) is enforceable as a support order in the

country of origin;

(ii) has been:(I) formally drawn up or registered as

an authentic instrument by a foreign tribunal; or

(II) authenticated by, or concluded,

registered, or filed with a foreign tribunal; and

(iii) may be reviewed and modified by a

foreign tribunal; and

(B) includes a maintenance arrangement or

authentic instrument under the Convention.

(7) "United States central authority" means the

Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/702

(750 ILCS 22/702)Sec. 702. Applicability. This Article applies only to a support proceeding under the Convention. In such a proceeding, if a provision of this Article is inconsistent with Articles 1 through 6, this Article controls.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/703

(750 ILCS 22/703)Sec. 703. Relationship of the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services to United States central authority. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services of this State is recognized as the agency designated by the United States central authority to perform specific functions under the Convention.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/704

(750 ILCS 22/704)Sec. 704. Initiation by Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services of support proceeding under Convention.(a) In a support proceeding under this Article, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services of this State shall:(1) transmit and receive applications; and(2) initiate or facilitate the institution of a

proceeding regarding an application in a tribunal of this State.

(b) The following support proceedings are available to an obligee under the Convention:(1) recognition or recognition and enforcement of a

foreign support order;

(2) enforcement of a support order issued or

recognized in this State;

(3) establishment of a support order if there is no

existing order, including, if necessary, determination of parentage of a child;

(4) establishment of a support order if recognition

of a foreign support order is refused under Section 708(b)(2), (4), or (9);

(5) modification of a support order of a tribunal of

this State; and

(6) modification of a support order of a tribunal of

another state or a foreign country.

(c) The following support proceedings are available under the Convention to an obligor against which there is an existing support order:(1) recognition of an order suspending or limiting

enforcement of an existing support order of a tribunal of this State;

(2) modification of a support order of a tribunal of

this State; and

(3) modification of a support order of a tribunal of

another state or a foreign country.

(d) A tribunal of this State may not require security, bond, or deposit, however described, to guarantee the payment of costs and expenses in proceedings under the Convention.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/705

(750 ILCS 22/705)Sec. 705. Direct request.(a) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking establishment or modification of a support order or determination of parentage of a child. In the proceeding, the law of this State applies.(b) A petitioner may file a direct request seeking recognition and enforcement of a support order or support agreement. In the proceeding, Sections 706 through 713 apply.(c) In a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a Convention support order or foreign support agreement:(1) a security, bond, or deposit is not required to

guarantee the payment of costs and expenses; and

(2) an obligee or obligor that in the issuing country

has benefited from free legal assistance is entitled to benefit, at least to the same extent, from any free legal assistance provided for by the law of this State under the same circumstances.

(d) A petitioner filing a direct request is not entitled to assistance from the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services.(e) This Article does not prevent the application of laws of this State that provide simplified, more expeditious rules regarding a direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support order or foreign support agreement.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/706

(750 ILCS 22/706)Sec. 706. Registration of convention support order.(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, a party who is an individual or a support enforcement agency seeking recognition of a Convention support order shall register the order in this State as provided in Article 6.(b) Notwithstanding Sections 311 and 602(a), a request for registration of a Convention support order must be accompanied by:(1) a complete text of the support order or an

abstract or extract of the support order drawn up by the issuing foreign tribunal, which may be in the form recommended by the Hague Conference on Private International Law;

(2) a record stating that the support order is

enforceable in the issuing country;

(3) if the respondent did not appear and was not

represented in the proceedings in the issuing country, a record attesting, as appropriate, either that the respondent had proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard or that the respondent had proper notice of the support order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal;

(4) a record showing the amount of arrears, if any,

and the date the amount was calculated;

(5) a record showing a requirement for automatic

adjustment of the amount of support, if any, and the information necessary to make the appropriate calculations; and

(6) if necessary, a record showing the extent to

which the applicant received free legal assistance in the issuing country.

(c) A request for registration of a Convention support order may seek recognition and partial enforcement of the order.(d) A tribunal of this State may vacate the registration of a Convention support order without the filing of a contest under Section 707 only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement of the order would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.(e) The tribunal shall promptly notify the parties of the registration or the order vacating the registration of a Convention support order.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/707

(750 ILCS 22/707)Sec. 707. Contest of registered Convention support order.(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Article, Sections 605 through 608 apply to a contest of a registered Convention support order.(b) A party contesting a registered Convention support order shall file a contest not later than 30 days after notice of the registration, but if the contesting party does not reside in the United States, the contest must be filed not later than 60 days after notice of the registration.(c) If the nonregistering party fails to contest the registered Convention support order by the time specified in subsection (b), the order is enforceable.(d) A contest of a registered Convention support order may be based only on grounds set forth in Section 708. The contesting party bears the burden of proof.(e) In a contest of a registered Convention support order, a tribunal of this State:(1) is bound by the findings of fact on which the

foreign tribunal based its jurisdiction; and

(2) may not review the merits of the order.(f) A tribunal of this State deciding a contest of a registered Convention support order shall promptly notify the parties of its decision.(g) A challenge or appeal, if any, does not stay the enforcement of a Convention support order unless there are exceptional circumstances.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/708

(750 ILCS 22/708)Sec. 708. Recognition and enforcement of registered Convention support order.(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce a registered Convention support order.(b) The following grounds are the only grounds on which a tribunal of this State may refuse recognition and enforcement of a registered Convention support order:(1) recognition and enforcement of the order is

manifestly incompatible with public policy, including the failure of the issuing tribunal to observe minimum standards of due process, which include notice and an opportunity to be heard;

(2) the issuing tribunal lacked personal jurisdiction

consistent with Section 201;

(3) the order is not enforceable in the issuing

country;

(4) the order was obtained by fraud in connection

with a matter of procedure;

(5) a record transmitted in accordance with Section

706 lacks authenticity or integrity;

(6) a proceeding between the same parties and having

the same purpose is pending before a tribunal of this State and that proceeding was the first to be filed;

(7) the order is incompatible with a more recent

support order involving the same parties and having the same purpose if the more recent support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this Act in this State;

(8) payment, to the extent alleged arrears have been

paid in whole or in part;

(9) in a case in which the respondent neither

appeared nor was represented in the proceeding in the issuing foreign country:

(A) if the law of that country provides for prior

notice of proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the proceedings and an opportunity to be heard; or

(B) if the law of that country does not provide

for prior notice of the proceedings, the respondent did not have proper notice of the order and an opportunity to be heard in a challenge or appeal on fact or law before a tribunal; or

(10) the order was made in violation of Section 711.(c) If a tribunal of this State does not recognize a Convention support order under subsection (b)(2), (4), or (9):(1) the tribunal may not dismiss the proceeding

without allowing a reasonable time for a party to request the establishment of a new Convention support order; and

(2) the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family

Services shall take all appropriate measures to request a child-support order for the obligee if the application for recognition and enforcement was received under Section 704.

(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/709

(750 ILCS 22/709)Sec. 709. Partial enforcement. If a tribunal of this State does not recognize and enforce a Convention support order in its entirety, it shall enforce any severable part of the order. An application or direct request may seek recognition and partial enforcement of a Convention support order.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/710

(750 ILCS 22/710)Sec. 710. Foreign support agreement.(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d), a tribunal of this State shall recognize and enforce a foreign support agreement registered in this State.(b) An application or direct request for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be accompanied by:(1) a complete text of the foreign support agreement;

and

(2) a record stating that the foreign support

agreement is enforceable as an order of support in the issuing country.

(c) A tribunal of this State may vacate the registration of a foreign support agreement only if, acting on its own motion, the tribunal finds that recognition and enforcement would be manifestly incompatible with public policy.(d) In a contest of a foreign support agreement, a tribunal of this State may refuse recognition and enforcement of the agreement if it finds:(1) recognition and enforcement of the agreement is

manifestly incompatible with public policy;

(2) the agreement was obtained by fraud or

falsification;

(3) the agreement is incompatible with a support

order involving the same parties and having the same purpose in this State, another state, or a foreign country if the support order is entitled to recognition and enforcement under this Act in this State; or

(4) the record submitted under subsection (b) lacks

authenticity or integrity.

(e) A proceeding for recognition and enforcement of a foreign support agreement must be suspended during the pendency of a challenge to or appeal of the agreement before a tribunal of another state or a foreign country.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/711

(750 ILCS 22/711)Sec. 711. Modification of Convention child-support order.(a) A tribunal of this State may not modify a Convention child-support order if the obligee remains a resident of the foreign country where the support order was issued unless:(1) the obligee submits to the jurisdiction of a

tribunal of this State, either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; or

(2) the foreign tribunal lacks or refuses to exercise

jurisdiction to modify its support order or issue a new support order.

(b) If a tribunal of this State does not modify a Convention child-support order because the order is not recognized in this State, Section 708(c) applies.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/712

(750 ILCS 22/712)Sec. 712. Personal information; limit on use. Personal information gathered or transmitted under this Article may be used only for the purposes for which it was gathered or transmitted.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/713

(750 ILCS 22/713)Sec. 713. Record in original language; English translation. A record filed with a tribunal of this State under this Article must be in the original language and, if not in English, must be accompanied by an English translation.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/Art. 8

(750 ILCS 22/Art. 8 heading)

ARTICLE 8. INTERSTATE RENDITION

750 ILCS 22/801

(750 ILCS 22/801)Sec. 801. Grounds for rendition. (a) For purposes of this Article, "governor" includes an individual
performing the functions of governor or the executive authority of a state
covered by this Act.(b) The governor of this State may:(1) demand that the governor of another state

surrender an individual found in the other state who is charged criminally in this State with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee; or

(2) on the demand of the governor of another state,

surrender an individual found in this State who is charged criminally in the other state with having failed to provide for the support of an obligee.

(c) A provision for extradition of individuals not inconsistent with
this Act applies to the demand even if the individual whose surrender is
demanded was not in the demanding state when the crime was allegedly
committed and has not fled therefrom.(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)

750 ILCS 22/802

(750 ILCS 22/802)Sec. 802. Conditions of rendition. (a) Before making a demand that the governor of another state surrender an
individual charged criminally in this State with having failed to provide for
the support of an obligee, the Governor of this State may require a prosecutor
of this State to demonstrate that at least 60 days previously the obligee had
initiated proceedings for support pursuant to this Act or that the proceeding
would be of no avail.(b) If, under this Act or a law substantially similar to this Act, the
Governor of another state makes a
demand that the governor of this State surrender an individual charged
criminally in that state with having failed to provide for the support of a
child or other individual to whom a duty of support is owed, the governor may
require a prosecutor to investigate the demand and report whether a proceeding
for support has been initiated or would be effective. If it appears that a
proceeding would be effective but has not
been initiated, the governor may delay honoring the demand for a
reasonable time to permit the initiation of a proceeding.(c) If a proceeding for support has been initiated and
the individual whose rendition is demanded prevails, the governor
may decline to honor the demand. If the petitioner prevails and the
individual whose rendition is demanded is subject to a support order, the
governor may decline to honor the demand if the individual is complying
with the support order.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/Art. 9

(750 ILCS 22/Art. 9 heading)

ARTICLE 9.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

750 ILCS 22/901

(750 ILCS 22/901)Sec. 901. Uniformity of application and construction. In applying and
construing this Uniform Act consideration must be given to the need to promote
uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that
enact it.(Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)

750 ILCS 22/902

(750 ILCS 22/902)Sec. 902. Transitional provision. This amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly applies to proceedings begun on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly to establish a support order or determine parentage of a child or to register, recognize, enforce, or modify a prior support order, determination, or agreement, whenever issued or entered.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/903

(750 ILCS 22/903)(was 750 ILCS 22/902)Sec. 903. Severability. If any provision of this Act or its
application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does
not affect other provisions or applications of this Act which can be given
effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the
provisions of this Act are severable.(Source: P.A. 99-119, eff. 1-1-16.)

750 ILCS 22/904

(750 ILCS 22/904)(was 750 ILCS 22/905)Sec. 904. Repeal. The Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of
Support Act is repealed on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
An action that was commenced under the Revised Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement
of Support Act and is pending on the effective date of this amendatory Act of
1997 shall be decided in accordance with that Act as it existed immediately
before its repeal by this amendatory Act of 1997. (Source: P.A. 93-479, eff. 1-1-04, operative 7-1-04.)

(750 ILCS 22/910)Sec. 910. Conflict. If there is an apparent conflict between a provision
of this Act and a provision of any other law of this State, those provisions
must be construed so as to give effect to both of them if possible. If the
conflict is irreconcilable, the later of the provisions as passed by the
General Assembly governs.(Source: P.A. 88-550, eff. date changed from 1-1-95 to 1-1-96 by P.A.
88-691.)